Sunday 31 July 2016

Media and Communications Office

MORE THAN 3,000 young people from across Australia and half of the Australian Catholic bishops joined Pope Francis for a prayer vigil at Campus Misericordiae, Kraków on Saturday 30 July as part of World Youth Day 2016.

Sunday 31 July 2016

Media and Communications Office

Bishop Mark Edwards writes from Krakow.
YESTERDAY, our young pilgrims walked from AGH Uni where we are staying in student accommodation in Krakow to the field 15 kilometres away where the Pope will celebrate Mass with us on Sunday. This field, called Campus Misericordiae, has been prepared for the occasion. We hiked carrying backpacks and sleeping bags, since we’ll spend the night in the field. Along the way, hundreds of Polish people came out from their homes to give us fresh water...